By Pronunciation, American English

I think it was in the late 70s in Las Palmas that I met an American who pronounced can't in the British way all her life. Both thought they were right - and I agreed! CB

It is all about pronunciation; you must have been taught incorrectly in the '50s. Let's look at a primary source for what's right or wrong in English.Quoting from the OED:"There is still some divergence of opinion over the form of the indefinite article to use preceding certain...

Hello, another English teacher here. I have been teaching English in China for about 2 and a half years now and also speak fluent French, decent Spanish and am learning Chinese (not as hard as you may think once you get the hang of those tones, easy grammar). Now I'll start off by saying that...

Milky wrote: CalifJim wrote:A native tells me that it does occur in such as the second example. The native must have misunderstood the question. Does it No., and if it does, why? And is it widespread? No."gonna" has to be followed by a verb. London isn't a verb!I'm gonna London is totally...

Hi,not that I know of. You "practice" listening in a variety of ways... just listen to the radio, watch some videos on Youtube, etc. If you find difficult to "listen", either you need to learn more words or you need to improve your pronunciation. I only know "American Accent Training" for...

Hi,they are very different. Can't you hear the difference between these two? Click on them:/ae/ => /caet/ --- CAT/a:/ => /ca:t/ --- COTYou can check this out too: American VowelsThat comes from this webpage http://www.americanaccent.com/pronunciation.html , which talks about some important...

"I much prefer the attitude of the British. They have enough respect for the language to use correct spelling, clear enunciation and to observe the correct use of prepositions and general grammar. On the other hand, some Americans seem to like reinventing the language as they go."To use a...

Hi,what is it that you find difficult, in particular? There are no "peculiar" sounds in there... So I don't really understand your problem. Anyway... Here is what Merriam Webster says, you can check on that dictionary if you need to know how to pronounce a word in American English. You know,...

What you hear as an R in "water" (warer) we natives hear as a D, and we would spell the pronunciation as "wader", but I think you've got the general idea correctly. In American English there are many cases where T sounds like D (You would say, "sounds like R".) CJ

Hi Liveinsea, No authorities control the English language. There are standard varietes of spoken British and American English. The standard accent of British English is often referred to as 'Received Pronunciation' (RP), although this term may be slightly misleading and perhaps a bit outdated....